Fountain Pens.

[Mack The Knife]

How about a few Sheaffer No Nonsense fountain pens? How I yearned for them in school....

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A Staedtler Initium that I won in a comp I do not even recall participating in.

Added a Faber-Castell converter.

It's a wonderfully juicy writer but the polished section is slippery.

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Sailor Pro Gear fountain pen and ball point set.

21k dual tone Zoom nib. Delightful writer and impecable fit and finish, as is the case with most things Japanese.

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The black tux group from Hamburg, less two 146s.

149 and 144 from late '80s / early 90's.

In fact all of them of them are more or less of similar vintage.

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Now for the Hanoverians - the Pelikans!

Amongst my favourites and if I decided to collect, it would be vintage Pelikans.

The M800 is special as it was from the first production run in 1987 and the logo on the cap is that of the Hannover Messe.

The small black fountain pen with gold trim is the model 140 from the 50's.

The other black fountain pen with rhodium trim is the M205.

The bright green one (Pelikano Junior) is my elder son's first fountain pen.

The remaining pen is the model P30.

All wonderful and fuss free writers.

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I thought I had more Parkers but apparently that is not the case.

What you see below are two Sonnets, a 75 and a Frontier.

Of the four, only one Sonnet is a good reliable writer.

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3 more Sheaffers.

Lady Sheaffer 904 belonging to my maternal grandmother, a Javelin and a 444.

There was another Lady Sheaffer I had inherited that was pinched but I have found the pic of a similar one on the net and am attaching here.

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The remaining from left to right:

4 Rotring art pens, 2 Bluebirds, Camlin Premier (my only surviving school/college fountain pen), Camlin Elegante, Hero 616 and an Oliver.

As far as fountain pens go, that's more or less it.

I hope you'll will make the effort to photograph your fountain pens and post them here.

[Sakobav]

Mack

Fountain hospital guys around the corner where i work would love to have informed customer like you..In some schools here they arent even teaching cursive handwriting. Seriously a colleague of mine has to print write instructions for her kids to read as they are unable to read OLD School flowing writing ,sadly penmanship is a dying art ..nice collection

Cheers

[Mack The Knife]

You lucky blighter!

It never occured to me that the Fountain Pen Hospital is close to your place of work.

I have seen pics of the outside and inside but that's the closest I have come to it.

[kanwar76]

Here are few old and bad pics

Pair of Lamy Studio



Waterman Harmoanie


Sheaffer 440 Imperial


Pair of Sheaffer white dots allegedly made by Sailor in Japan


Got few more, will take pics and post

-Inder

[Mark]

Very interesting as here in the US when I was in school in the 60's and 70's we never used fountain pens, and ball point pens were generally considered grown up items until 7th grade or so. I did pick up some from flea markets and garage sales, and my father always had an ink bottle so I did fiddle with them but I guess since I have always had atrocious handwriting it was not a driving force for me.

In the 80's however I did happen upon a bunch of Staedtler Technical pens that I liked as they used ink but were more of a felt tip type of nib that I found easier to write and draw with.

[Mack The Knife]

Inder: Those are all good fountain pens. Your Sailor made pair of Sheaffers look like Javelins. See mine in the pic above. Nevercame across a fountain pen post on Team - BHP. Looking forward to the rest of the pics.

Mark: I am surprised to note that fountain pens weren't used in school (/s?) back in the 60's and 70's. What did you use?
If you do decide to give them a try, I could recommend a few inexpensive but reliable fountain pens. Just remember that fountain pens need a light grip and use a light hand to write. Are the Staedtlers in the pic below what you are referring to?

[ckkalyan]

Excellent topic Mack The Knife! Thank you for bringing it up.

I have used fountain pens a lot in my school and college days whatever inexpensive brand that was available. Enjoyed the experience. I remember Camel, Waterman, I forget some other names. I do recall that they were high maintenance and needed regular cleaning.

In later years a few really good pens fell into my lap. Will pull them out of storage, post images shortly. I cherish these pens although I rarely get an opportunity to use them on a daily basis.

[Mack The Knife]

CKK: Looking forward to the pics and stories. For me, the maintenance is the fun part, other than the writing with.